Network Working Group K. McCloghrie
Request for Comments: 2513 Cisco Systems, Inc.
Category: Standards Track J. Heinanen
Telia Finland, Inc.
W. Greene
MCI Telecommunications Corp.
A. Prasad
Cisco Systems, Inc.
February 1999
Managed Objects for Controlling the Collection
and Storage of Accounting Information for
Connection-Oriented Networks
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction .................................................... 2
2 The SNMP Network Management Framework ........................... 2
3 Overview ........................................................ 3
3.1 Operational Model ............................................. 3
3.2 Selection of Accounting Data .................................. 5
3.3 Format of Collection File ..................................... 6
4 Definitions ..................................................... 9
5 Acknowledgements ................................................25
6 References ......................................................25
7 Security Considerations .........................................27
8 IANA Considerations .............................................27
9 Authors' Addresses ..............................................28
10 Full Copyright Statement .......................................29
McCloghrie, et. al. Standards Track [Page 1]RFC 2513 Connection-Oriented Accounting MIB February 19991. Introduction
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
In particular, it describes managed objects used for controlling the
collection and storage of accounting information for connection-
oriented networks such as ATM. The accounting data is collected into
files for later retrieval via a file transfer protocol. For
information on data which can be collected for ATM networks, see
[19].
2. The SNMP Network Management Framework
The SNMP Management Framework presently consists of five major
components:
o An overall architecture, described in RFC 2271 [1].
o Mechanisms for describing and naming objects and events for the
purpose of management. The first version of this Structure of
Management Information (SMI) is called SMIv1 and described in
STD 16, RFC 1155 [2], STD 16, RFC 1212 [3] and RFC 1215 [4].
The second version, called SMIv2, is described in RFC 1902 [5],
RFC 1903 [6] and RFC 1904 [7].
o Message protocols for transferring management information. The
first version of the SNMP message protocol is called SNMPv1 and
described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [8]. A second version of the SNMP
message protocol, which is not an Internet standards track
protocol, is called SNMPv2c and described in RFC 1901 [9] and
RFC 1906 [10]. The third version of the message protocol is
called SNMPv3 and described in RFC 1906 [10], RFC 2272 [11] and
RFC 2274 [12].
o Protocol operations for accessing management information. The
first set of protocol operations and associated PDU formats is
described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [8]. A second set of protocol
operations and associated PDU formats is described in RFC 1905
[13].
o A set of fundamental applications described in RFC 2273 [14] and
the view-based access control mechanism described in RFC 2275
[15].
Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed
the Management Information Base or MIB. Objects in the MIB are
defined using the mechanisms defined in the SMI.
McCloghrie, et. al. Standards Track [Page 2]RFC 2513 Connection-Oriented Accounting MIB February 1999